LYRICS
DARA ACKERMAN/Skyland
©2014DaraAckerman
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ALIVE
Dear LOVE tell my mama i’m alright now
Dear LOVE tell my daddy i’m ok
Dear LOVE there isn’t anything but right now
And i’m going to live
And every moment everywhere
Dive in
To every single moment
And feel what’s there
It’s everywhere and everything
I'm ALIVE
I could be dead tomorrow
I'm ALIVE
I could have died yesterday
But i’m still ALIVE
Might not be a tomorrow
So i’m going to LIVE today
And every morning
All of them
I see
And every single morning
Open my eyes
All of them
I see
I'm ALIVE
I can’t wait for tomorrow
I'm ALIVE
I could die on the way
But i’m still ALIVE
Might not be a tomorrow
So i’m going to LIVE today
I’m gonna LIVE TODAY
I trust you
Lead me to
I am you
I made it.
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NOT AFRAID
Do da da do do do…
I am not afraid to have nobody
I am not afraid to face my fears
I am not afraid to say I love you
I am not afraid to have you near
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am so afraid
I am so afraid
Do da da do do do….
I’m afraid that you are only half human
I’m afraid that I will never be
I’m afraid that what happens to every lover
Is going to happen to me
I am so afraid
I am so afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
Was afraid of dying
Was afraid of living
Was afraid of voices
Inside my head
I was always afraid that someone might hate me
Now that someone does
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I was always afraid that someone might love me
Now that someone does
I am not afraid
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SKYLAND
Take my hand my love
And travel with me
I am ready to fly
Higher and higher
Let this old me die
I’m ready to learn
To hold the ground and walk the sky
The sky the sky
Keep a watch on my mind
Now that’s up to me
And let me look through your eyes
Now I can see
Take me up to the skyland
Take me up to the skyland
In a dream I saw the sun radiate from your hands
You said
If you are paying attention
It is possible to share everything, anyone can
If you really want to
Take all that I am
Do you believe
That I can make the change
So do I
But I can feel so blind
When I’ve lost my way
And I’ve forgotten you
Here’s my chance to pray
Holding all I’ve done
You are with me
Praise Love
Take my hand my love
And travel with me
I am ready to fly
To fly
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SHE MISUNDERSTANDS
She misunderstands
She thinks her pain is permanent
I misunderstand
I think I can’t do anything
I try to help her
How quickly I forget
That I can only help myself first
I wonder what I’ve been pretending
I think I understand
I think I can remember
I think I can I think I can
Pain becomes a pleasure
When my intention
Is never to forget
That it was only my invention
That I could want but I could never get
It is raining in everyone
But it melts into the sun
It is not forever
But a lesson
I misunderstood
But now I’m getting smarter
I know I can and that I could
I didn’t have to be a martyr
To all my imperfections
Nor do I have to now
I am perfecting my intention
I want to trust and I can learn how
And now I understand
And now I’m getting stronger
When something’s pulling on me hard
I can be still a little longer
And not get lost in a confusion
But bring it to an end
I know there’s only one solution
Now I can learn to be a true friend
May I learn to be the sun
May I shine on everyone
May I shine forever
May I learn to love
May I learn to love
May I learn to love
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DRAMA ADDICT
So dramatic
That old panic
What’s really happening
So gone
How long
Will it be
Where has angry pride
Taken you
When you try to hide
It follows you
Like you I too
Thought that was me
How strong can wrong
Make you be
Who’s this vengeful child
Driving you
Who would take that ride
If they knew
Come out of misery
Why make everything harder
Than it has to be
What do we need to do
Give up the lie
Life long sad song
Goodbye
Just this- make a wish
To be free
Choose to be it
And you’ll be
Pray it
Say it
And it’s true
Light in
Overwin
Beyond your blue
That’s you
That’s you
That’s you
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AS YOU ARE
You said
I’ll stay stay with the others
You go and look for work
If you look, you will find your answers
I said
I don’t understand you
There’s a lot that I have to learn
You are painful and never easy
And beautiful
And you are perfect just as you are
You are perfect just as you are
You are perfect
You said
Go and see your mother
I am already on my way
There’s so much that I have to tell her
But never say
I said
Mom I’m so sorry
I did not want to worry you
She said
I’m no longer worried
And you are perfect just as you are
You are perfect just as you are
You are perfect
La da da da….
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COWGIRL IN VARANASI
I got plenty of rope
I’m walking right beside me
I got plenty of rope
I’m walking the street just like I’m
Jesus on the water water
Nobody hittin’ me
Like Buddha’s only daughter
Hey Daddy look at me
I got plenty of rope
No Mara meddling with me
I got plenty of rope
I’m taking the heat just like I’m
Kali in a burning valley
Somebody’s calling me
Up down the alley alley
They’re aiming right at me
Dogs and horses and sheep and goats
Cows and people and people and people
Bikes and scooters and cars and rickshaws
Motors and trucks and buggies and bus
Tricycle wagons and tractors and camels
Crows and buzzards and beggars and priests
Monkeys and temples and shops and theaters
Weddings and babies and pyres and funerals
I got plenty of rope
You go on ahead of me
I got plenty of hope
Right up the street they’ve got the
Honey flavored memory candy
Who was that, me?
I’m at the end of my rope!
If we don’t stop right now I think I’m gonna scream!
I got plenty of rope
Yeah maybe not so handy
I sure knew how to mope
Oh honey that was me
I got plenty of dust and cars and people and houses and
Nuts! If we don’t go right now I think I’m gonna scream!
If you don’t stop right now I think you’ll have to leave
Mouth shut
Sit butt
Thank God no longer me
Krishna on the movie screen
Radha winks and smiles at me
Henna on her hands and
Flowers on my feet
I got plenty of rope
Shiva dancing slow and deep
Vishnu flowing tea and sweets
Bhakti belting bandstand
Sailing down the street
Incense on the balcony
Chaos all around me
Quietly becoming
All I need
I got plenty of hope…
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MEDITATION 101
Walking meditation
Talking meditation
Sitting meditation
Oh Singing meditation
Breathing meditation
Dreaming meditation
Standing meditation
Oh Dancing meditation
I am here with you because I really want to
And I, I believe in you and I believe in me too
There is no separation
There is no separation
And if I really knew
I would see in you
More than I ever imagined
I am here with you
Because I really want to
More than you’d ever imagine
Ending complication
Now the destination
No more expectation
Oh all for celebration
Total restoration
Love and appreciation
Life of inspiration
Oh the mind of illumination
And if I really knew
I would see in you
More than I ever imagined
I am here with you
Because I really want to
More than you’d ever imagine
Oh….
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SAME PLANET DIFFERENT UNIVERSE
Get out of your head
Step into the light instead
Time has come to end the war
And live the life you came here for
Swami says do it now
Even if you don’t know how
Looking good you’ll never win
Divine fool dive in
Same Planet Different Universe...
You’re the ONE, don’t pretend
Playing small is not your friend
You knew I could, now I know you
Are ripe for what you’re here to do
So get up off your butt
Through the gates before they shut
I have seen, I have heard
You’re the Light of the World
Same Planet Different Universe…..
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JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
Just when I thought that life couldn’t be beautiful
Oh it is, oh it is
I never thought that I could see any more than a part of it
But here it is, here it is
Open the door and let my life come rushing in
I know just what I’m here to do now that it’s all right in front of me
I was mad at you but didn’t show it
I didn’t want to let it go
But you never stopped loving me, now I know it
I was the one who closed the door
Open the door
Open the door and let the love come pouring in
I see that who we’re here to be is nothing short of miraculous
If you are mad at me let me know it
If you are sad because of me tell me so
I’ll never stop loving you
And I am opening the door
Open the door
Open the door and let the light come flooding in
Just when we thought life couldn’t be
So beautiful
Oh it is
Oh it is
Oh it is
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THE LOVE I WANT
I have the love I want
I only have to say
I have the love I want
Only have to say
It is just a way to be
It’s not how you have to stay
Be how you want to be
You just have to say
You have the love you want
You only have to say
You have the love you want
Only have to say
It is just a way to see
Imagine if we lived this way
Dreaming up the world to be
And being it today
We’d have the love we want
We’d only have to say
We have the love we want
Only have to say
Oh…
I don’t have to make believe
I don’t have to run away
I have all I need
I only have to say
I love
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INTO THE LIGHT
I love
I love the springtime
everything is becoming
everyone is coming into
the light
I love
I love the summer
after the spring has receded
everything is growing heavy
and ripe
I love
I love the autumn
everything is releasing
everyone is going into
the night
I love
I love the winter
I love starting over
everyone the chance to start a
new life
I love
I love the springtime
everything is becoming
everyone is coming into
the light
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